Baby-carriage



H. PERLMUTTER.

BABY CARHMGE.

APPLICATxoN FILED Nov. 20, 1918.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

`betalren as part of this'specifcation.

Hanny iI'EaLMUrTER, 0F ampatYN, NEW Yom. )amar-CARRIAGE;

`Application' led November 20, 1918.

lie it known that I, Hauer Ilinrmu'rrrin, a citiaen ot the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haiiel invented certain new and useful Improvements in vBaby-Carriagres, ot

` which the tollowingis a specification.

T his invention relates to improvements in baby carriages and has tor its object to provide a carriage seat having entirely within the lines of the body a movable bottom with a bacini-est hinpgcd thereto in snch relation that when the bottom is moved to one pos-L tion the bark-rest is disposed at an angle to the movable bottom, and when the bottom is in another position the back-rest lies in a plane parallel tothat of the bottom member.

Another object is 'to provide a form ot connection between the sliding,r bottom and the hinged back-rest whereby when the baci rest is 1n its inclined relation to the bottom, the parts are held in such relation against accidental displacement.

Other objects and aims ol. the intentionj more or less broad than those stated above.y together with the advantages inherent, will be in part obvious and in part specilinzallj,7 referred to in the course ot the following description of the elementsy combinations. arrangements ol parts. and applications ol principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will apnear Vfrom the claims.

II1-theaccompa'nyingg drawing, nwhich ie to and in a merely preferred forni the'invention," Figure l which I have shown of embodiment of is aF plan `vieiv of the carriage body provided vwith 'Inl invention; Fig@ is a sectional view on the line 2,2 oli Fieri@ and Fie'. 3 is a f T- P" i view similar to Figi?. showing in full lines the relation of parts when the backyrcst is in position parallel to the blyt'tom so that the back-rest and the bottom constitute subst-antially a continuons surface and showing; in dotted lines another position of the parts.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, there is indicated at 4 the body of a baby carriage, which may be provided in the bottom with a. well 5 to accommodate the feet of the child in the sitting position. Horizontally disposed along the inner Walls of the body near the bottom are horizontal slide- Ways 6, in which is guided for horizontal sliding movement a bottom slide 7. These slide-Ways 6 may comprise grooved members Speecation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1820.

smal No. 263,424.

and the bottom slide T may be provided with tenons along itsl edges engaging in the grooves. The sliding member 7 is capable ol two positions. one being shown .in Fig. :L and the other in Fig. 3 in Jfull lines. In the F151. 2 position the child is supposed to sit on the s-slidincr member 7 and the opening into the well 5 is lelt exposed for the accommodation of the tcct ol the child. In the Fig. 3 pofzition the sliding member 7 has been moved forwardly or to the left to cover up the well 5.

The numeral d indicates a back member which is hinged to the rear end or edge of thc Slidin;r member 7. the hinge being indicated at i). This back-rest S may comprise an integral length ot Wire which is bent into the form oi' a frame. U-shaped in general and having4 the ends of the legs of the U turned toward each other to engage in the straps 11 of the hinge. On this frame is fixed a facing 12. The back-rest is connectcd to fixed portions of the carriage body at each side of the sliding member adjacent the bottom by means of links`r a link la beingr pivoted as indicated at l5. and a link 1.6 beinpT pivogcfl to the back-rest as 'indicated at 17, and the links 14- and .6 hein;r pivoted to- -gothcr as indicated at lit.y a stop member 19 being' :iecurcd to one of the links ll or 16, or lo the pivot 18. to prevent movement of the back-rest toward the slidingr member T beyond a certain extent, as for instance the relation shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2 the backrest is in proper-position to support the back of the child. While in Figf the slide has been moved forwardly to co ker up the Well 5. The slide may be provided with a loop of leather or cloth at its'forward `edge to be engaged by the fingers in pulling the slide to its Fig. 8 position and ilifmoving;Ir it back to the Fig'. 3 position the pivot 18 must be raised up. so that the slide will be free to move to the Fig. 3 position While the links will assume the full line position of Fig. 3 and the back-rest will also assume the full line position of Fig. 3 so that it comes substantially parallel to the sliding member 7 and constitutes a rearward extension thereof. In this position of the parts the carriage may be used as a bed in which the child may lie at length. As shown in the drawing the hinges 9 are so disposed that in the Fig. 3

'pos1tion of the parts the back-rest and the sliding member are not in the same plane, although they are parallel.4 It will be obvious that by lowering the eyes of the hinges 9 it will be possible to bring the sliding member and the back-rest into the same horizontal plane. This however is not irnportant because when the carriage is to be used as a bed the entire bottom is covered with bedding which takes up any slight inequalities of surface. I consider it important however that the links should be provided for controlling the hack-rest, and that these links should be provided with the stop t9, which prevent movement of the back-rest toward the slidingr member beyond a certain point; and it is also important that when the parts are in what may be called the sitting position of Fig. Q, the slide cannot move forwardly until the pivots 1&3 between the links are lifted up. Movement of the slide forwardly oi' the guard is otI course limited by the edge of the slide coming in contact with :i front bottom wall 2t), while :l back bottom wall 2l supports the rear end ol' the back-rest when the latter is in the horizontal position ol Fig. 3. `While I have spoken oi' only two positions of the backrest, that is the respective full line positions of Figs. 2 and 3, intermediate positions are possible if desired, one suoli intermediate position being indicated by the. dotted lines of Fig. 3, dotted lines at 22 indicating the corresponding position of the sliding member T. It will be evident also that the control of the. device may be exercised by manipulat ion oi' the backrest instead ot by manipulation of the sliding member. though the latter is preferable as putting less strain on the link eonneetions.

inasmuch as many changes Could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely diflerent embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specic features of the scope of the invention and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

l claim:

l. A carriage body having a sliding seat with a drop-bark hinged thereto, and link connections between the drop-back and fixed portions of the carriage body, the latter being forward of the hinged connection and between the back and seat, all o'l the parts being within the carriage body.

2. A carriage body having a sliding scat with a drop-back hinged thereto, and link connections between the dropback and fixed portions of the carriage body, all of the parts being within the carriage body, said link connections being forward of the hinged connection und between the back and seat and provided with means for preventintr movement ol the drop-back toward the sliding member beyond a certain point.

3. carriage body having a sliding seat with :i drop-back hinged thereto. and link connections being forward ot the hinged connection :ind between the dri'ip-back :ind fixed portions of the carriage body, all of the parts being within the carriage body, said link connections when the drop-back is in one position preventing movement of the sliding member toward the front of the carriage.

-1. A device. as set forth in claim l in which the drop-back comprises a frame made of an integral length of wire bent into Ushape with the ends of the legs of the U turned in toward each other and engaged 'in hinge eyes secured to the sliding member.

5. A carriage body having a sliding seat with a drop-back hinged thereto, and link connections being forward ot the hinged eonneetion and between the drop-back and lined portions of the carriage body, all of the parts being within the carriage body, a carriage body provided with a stop body for limiting movement of the sliding member toward the front of the carriage and also with a member for supporting the outer end of the drop-back when the latter is in its horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

HARRY PERLMUTTER. 

